Model Presets

Model presets are named shortcuts that describe how to spin up a team member: which model to use (and, when supported, how much “thinking effort” to allocate).

Presets exist to make team composition repeatable. Instead of re-picking the same model settings over and over, you pick “planner” or “frontend” and get a consistent setup.

When presets are used

• Adding members to a team (especially when you want quick “specialist” threads).
• Creating repeatable team templates (“always add a reviewer + docs helper”).

You can still override model choices per thread — presets are convenience, not a restriction.

Default presets (shipped with gg)

gg ships with a small set of defaults you can customize:

• planner → gpt-5.3-codex (effort: high)
• designer → claude-opus-5 (effort: high)
• frontend → gpt-5.3-codex (effort: high)

These are starting points — the “right” presets depend on your workflow.

Thinking effort (what it means)

Some providers/models support an effort/depth setting (often low, medium, high).

In practice:

• Higher effort can improve planning and correctness, but usually costs more and takes longer.
• Lower effort can be great for routine edits, refactors, and quick iterations.

If a provider/model doesn’t support effort, gg will ignore the field.

Best practices

• Create presets for your real roles: reviewer, docs, refactor, infra, tests.
• Keep names short and “typeable” — they often show up in tool surfaces.
• Prefer a small curated set (3–8) rather than dozens.